Postby Chisamba » Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:15 pm
first of all, I agree with Khall. Leg yield, technically and by definition, is straight. No bend through the body, you cannot leg yield on the circle, cause the horse is curved on a circle. ( i hear people talk of leg yield on the circle often) So as such, yielding to the leg while the horses body is straight, i just do not do it, i do not see any value to it, perhaps to first teach a horse how to move laterally off the leg.
however yielding to the leg with bend, like yielding in SI, or yielding in travers, ( ie travers on the diagonal) I do often. I also do a moving turn on the forehand, to make a square, ( one on each corner) in both walk and trot. to teach the horse to slow the shoulder and speed up the hind end, while remaining in rhythm.
perhaps, occasionally i will leg yield along the rail in a haunches in position, ie keep the horses body straight while going sideways.
having said that, it has value in loosening the shoulder and loosening the hind end, teaching the horse to stay in rhythm going sideways, without the added difficulty of carrying more behind.
it has another use in teaching the horse to move into the outside rein,